Kurt Schmied

Kurt Schmied (June 14 1926 – December 9, 2007) was a goalkeeper for First Vienna FC and Austria national football team. He represented Austria during the FIFA World Cup 1954 and again in 1958. He was a hero of the quarter-final game versus Switzerland in the 1954 finals where he played on despite suffering from a debilitating heatstroke^[1] in a game that is often remembered as the Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne, or Heat Battle of Lausanne, and remains notable for being the game with the most goals scored in World Cup final history (Austria won the game, 7-5). He died in Vienna in December 2007.

Sources

• ^ Andrzej Gowarzewski "FUJI Football Encyclopedia - World Cup FIFA*part I*Biographical notes - Heroes of Mundials" ; GiA Katowice 1993